Objective(s)This study was designed to evaluate the effect of Ramadan fasting on body composition, aerobic and anaerobic power, strength, plasma lipids profile and serum glucose among collegiate wrestlers.Materials and Methods Fourteen male collegiate wrestlers (age, 20.12±2.5 yrs) volunteered as subjects for the study. Subjects were tested one week before the beginning of Ramadan, the last two...

An “all-out” tethered running on the treadmill represents an alternative form of exercise used for the assessment of anaerobic capacity. Contrary to the well known and frequently used “all-out” test on the cycle ergometer (Wingate anaerobic test), there is a lack of information concerning the parameters of anaerobic capacity obtained from tethered running on the treadmill. The aim of our study ...

UNLABELLED Plyometrics is a popular training modality for basketball players to improve power and change-of-direction speed. Most plyometric training has used sagittal-plane exercises, but improvements in change-of-direction speed have been greater in multi-direction programs. PURPOSE To determine the benefits of a 6-wk frontal-plane plyometric (FPP) training program compared with a 6-wk sagi...

background and objectives: it has been shown that a bout of jumping exercise with weighted vests increases the subsequent countermovement jump height. however, it is not clear whether the improvement in jump height is due to the enhancement of joint power or due to other mechanisms such as neural adaptations. methods: to investigate this dichotomy, we tested the acute neuromechanical changes fo...

Background: Athletes should stay close enough to the opponent score points in an attack, but at same time, they must keep distance avoid opponent's attack. Therefore, determining correct can be related athlete's speed, explosive power, agility, technical and tactical abilities. Aim: This study aims determine motor skill factors that affect kick of athletes taekwondo. Methods: The was carried ou...

Recent evidence suggests that athletes are at risk for poor vitamin D status. This study used a cross-sectional design to investigate the strength of association between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration and measures of maximal-intensity exercise performance in competitive hockey players. Fifty-three collegiate and junior male ice hockey players training near Minneapolis, MN (44.9° N ...

AIM To investigate the test-retest reproducibility of the Muscle Power Sprint Test (MPST), the 10 × 5-m sprint test, and the arm-cranking Wingate Anaerobic Test (WAnT) in children and adolescents with cerebral palsy (CP). A secondary objective was to assess the construct validity of the MPST. METHOD Twenty-three participants with spastic CP (mean age 13 y 3 mo, range 7-18 y, SD 3.6 y; 18 male...

the present research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of high intensity interval and medium continuous training on anaerobic and aerobic power female basketball players. the research method was quasi-experimental with pretest and posttest, and included all female basketball players in firoozkooh city, tehran province, iran in 2015. twenty female basketball players were enr...

conclusions amateur motocross riders had significant anaerobic metabolism demands and had reduced handgrip strength following a training session. these data suggest an importance of physical training aimed at improving anaerobic and neuromuscular performance of the upper limbs in amateur motocross riders. background motocross is one of the most popular motorized off-road sports, characterized b...